Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-11-05
DAKOTA.

Falls.
Fargo re- ,iccs over its prospects for a soap
factory.
A division club ia being organized at
Watertown.
from Darlington.
Bishop Foss preached at Fargo, Sunday to
an audience OF 100.
Yankton has arranged to have a course OF
six lectures this winter.
George II. Ratbman c~ontempiates starting
a savings bank at Mitchell.
The A Aberdeen FIGURING Mil company IL
building a new warehouse.
Z. d. Smith, OF DuQuoin, H., is about tc
start a bank IL Bridgewater.
Fire destroyed Carglll Bros elevator Last
Saturday, containing abou. So,o9c bushels OF
wheat, most OF which was saved by opening
the spouts and allowing 1t to run out. Nc
eener buildings were burned. Tn estimated
loss is SlS. 900; fully insured.
Saturday morning Samuel A. Springer, o
member OF s. A. Il. post. No. 300, OF Clear
field, Iowa, dropped dead while at work In 8
barn on the fam of Thcnas Ryan, sever
miles sout1 OF Glendale. His ailment is
thought to have been h art disease.
The farmers OF Nelson county have formed
a pool and propose to sell their grain this
year In a lump. They have 1875, coo bushels
and will sell to the highest bidder. They
think it will go to Duluth, but Minneapolis
or Chicago can have It by bidding higher.
In WATERFOWL Tuesday morning at4 O'Clock
q residence in process Of erection, IN the
southwest part OF the city, was discovered 10
b. on Gre and a man was seen running from
the building as The flames broke forth. The
tuilding wss totally destroyed; no insurance.
A delegation Of Sioux Falls rustlers, under
the leadership Of ex-Delegate Pettigrew, Wis
ited Yankton Wednesday TO consn.t with
Bishop Marty relative to the location OF the
see city Of Dakota. They were working In
the interest Of Sioux Falls as the headquarters
Of the Catholic church.
William Russ was MondaJ dismissed from
the penitentiary at Sioux Falle, having served
out a years. sentence for an assault with II
deadly weapon. Russ left the same day for
Virginia, his old home. On Saturday Roscoe
Cleveland and John Rocha, Of Aurora county,
were released after serving out sentences for
grand ~laicenv.
A slide of rock has occurred on the 16).foot
level OF the Iron Hill mine, bringing down
ore of the estimated value Of 800 900. A
chunk as large as a mans head, which is one
mass OF horn silver SO rich that part of 1t was
sawed off for the assay, has been brought
over from the mine sld placed on exhibition
in the First National bank OF Bismarck.
The Duluth, Watertown and Pacific railway
commission reported awards on land through
Which the road posses, entering Huron at s35
for crossing the Chicago and North western
right Of way, and &c. 575 for seven lots o. the
Western Town Lot company. Awards were
also made on 1913 other lots. The indemnity
money has been deposited with the clerk OF
court, and the work Of grading will proceed at
once.
"The Yankton Press and Dakotaian has
been looking the matter up and finds that
coal sells at the mines for 800 and $3.50
Der ton. The Dakota consumer can figure
" Va nc IiiNC hS P"yo W. -
coal goes to syndicates, mlddlemen and rail-
roads. He knows well enough that it does
not cost S9.OO and $1,000 a ton to bring a ton
OF coal to Dakota-or $3.50 to 500 per car
load"
Henry F. Sne6iyar, Of ~Iroquois, has invent
ed a system Of sails that he attaches to an or
disary buggy or road wagon. With his wine
wagon Mr.. Sredigar recently Travelled from
Irsquois to Huron, a distance OF eighteen
miles, In an hour and q half, the wind blow.
ing only slightly. Mr.. snedigar says that
when the wind has q velocity of twenty-five
miles an hour, he can travel from twelve to
fifteen miles with ease.
Three companies OF cavalry and two OF In
command OF Col. Bacon, and will march
toward the Crow reservation, where the Indian
on break is reported. Two companies OF CAV.
airy and infantry will remain with the com
msuder OF the fort Col. Tilford. The soldiers
will be accompanied by a regular wagon train
with rifles. On account of making up the
transportation train the troops were delayed
one day.
Eugene Kelly was away thrashisg, and his
faniiy were at home, fifteen miles northeast
O Huron. While Mrs. Kelly was away from
the louise n few minutes 1t csught fire from II
hay turner and wss soon destroyed. Their
va children, one four years and the other
eli. TT months cid, were In the house and
could at be gotten out. Both children were
purned to death. 1t is supposed that tue
)leer hoy became Geld and trisd to MI up The
bsy burner, when 1t ignited with fatal results
The mos. frightful casualty thst ever Day
pened la Dickey county occurred on w dn =
day morning. The boiler connected with
Jim Fl. Glass; threshlBg machine Outft ex.
ploded Several men were killed outright y
fatally wounded. Three died shortly after
rhe accident occurred, and two more are moi
expected 10 recover. TIE names OF those al.
ready Il. Is are J.hn II. Glass, Ira G ,rd, 81
and Fred Bapmsster. 1. is reported that the
JUMP failed to wors for some time after ,he
s,sam was up to 100 pounds, and that sal
denly the cold water was forced tnSo the
DO Ter. The men who were Killed leave
families.
Coz G. A. Wetter, f~orvuerly OF the u. :
Lar Al e vt YaBkton, died at that place
e. y Sunday Mcrning Previous 10 his enter.
ina I e land ficr, and until twelve or eight
ecu Gunt1s ago, tie printed and edited thu